The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 2088
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
9:05 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2044
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.42° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.86° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.